This was my first ludum dare, and unfortunately I was not able to finish the game. I was using python for the first time, and I think my inexperience killed it for me. Still was a great learning experience though!

I wrote my own engine during the comp on top of pygame.

dirty paste from the readme:

goal
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the enviroment changes every 45 seconds.
During that time it's your goal to collect the dna strings, which transform you into the strongest adapted creature for the area.

switching enviroments will apply damage if you did not succeed to become the fittest.

! THIS GAME IS 2 PLAYER ONLY !

controls
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player1 : WSAD to walk, jump
X to punch

player2 : ARROW KEYS to walk, jump
SPACEBAR to punch


characters
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bird:
strength:
- fly [unlimted double jump]

weakness:
- weak punch
- flying is relatively slow

dinosaur:
strength:
- fast
- medium punch
- all arounder

mammoth:
strength:
- strong punch
- great grip on ice

weakness:
- slow
- low jump

the game isn't done and therefore misses alot of functionality

known bugs
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game crashes when a player dies
level restarts instead of switching to a different level sometimes
spawn of items sometimes gets messsed up